Beamforming And/Or Mimo RF Front-End

1. A wireless device comprising: baseband processing circuitry; up-conversion circuitry; and a Radio Frequency (RF) front-end, wherein, in an RF beamforming transmit mode: the baseband processing circuitry is configured to convert outbound data into an outbound symbol stream; the up-conversion circuitry is configured to convert the outbound symbol stream into an up-converted signal; and the RF front-end is configured to adjust the up-converted signal to produce multiple adjusted up-converted signals, to amplify the multiple adjusted up-converted signals to produce multiple outbound RF signals, and to transmit the multiple outbound RF signals as a beamformed RF signal; and wherein, in a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) transmit mode: the baseband processing circuitry is configured to convert outbound data into a plurality of outbound symbol streams; the up-conversion circuitry is configured to convert the plurality of outbound symbol streams into a plurality of up-converted signals; and the RF front-end configured to amplify the plurality of up-converted signals to produce a plurality of outbound RF signals and to transmit the plurality of outbound RF signals as a MIMO RF signal.

2. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein when the wireless device is in the RF beamforming transmit mode the baseband processing circuitry is further configured to adjust the up-converted signal to produce the multiple adjusted up-converted signals.

3. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein when the wireless device is in the MIMO transmit mode the RF front end is further configured to adjust the plurality of up-converted signals to produce the plurality of outbound RF signals.

4. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein in the RF beamforming transmit mode the RF front end is further configured to: adjust a phase angle of the up-converted signal based on a first phase angle adjust value to produce a first adjusted up-converted signal; amplify the first adjusted up-converted signal to produce a first outbound RF signal; adjust the phase angle of the up-converted signal based on a second phase angle adjust value to produce a second adjusted up-converted signal; and amplify the second adjusted up-converted signal to produce a second outbound RF signal.

5. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein in the MIMO transmit mode the RF front end is configured to: adjust a phase angle of a first one of the plurality of up-converted signals based on a first phase angle adjust value to produce a first outbound RF signal; and adjust a phase angle of a second one of the plurality of up-converted signals based on a second phase angle adjust value to produce a second outbound RF signal.

6. The wireless device of claim 5 , further comprising: a first antenna having a first polarization configured to receive the first outbound RF signal; and a second antenna having a second polarization that differs from the first polarization and configured to receive the second outbound RF signal.

7. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the up-conversion circuitry and the RF front-end are formed on a common die of an integrated circuit.

8. The wireless device of claim 1 , further comprising a case in which the baseband processing circuitry, up-conversion circuitry, and RF front-end are housed.

9. The wireless device of claim 1 , further comprising host processing circuitry.

10. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the wireless device is configured to select between the RF beamforming transmit mode and the MIMO transmit mode.

11. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the wireless device is configured to select between the RF beamforming transmit mode and the MIMO transmit mode based upon a servicing communication infrastructure.

12. A wireless device comprising: baseband processing circuitry configured to support both cellular and Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) communications; up-conversion circuitry; and a Radio Frequency (RF) front-end, wherein, in an RF beamforming transmit mode: the baseband processing circuitry is configured to convert outbound data into an outbound symbol stream; the up-conversion circuitry is configured to convert the outbound symbol stream into an up-converted signal; and the RF front-end is configured to adjust the up-converted signal to produce multiple adjusted up-converted signals, to amplify the multiple adjusted up-converted signals to produce multiple outbound RF signals, and to transmit the multiple outbound RF signals as a beamformed RF signal; and wherein, in a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) transmit mode: the baseband processing circuitry is configured to convert outbound data into a plurality of outbound symbol streams; the up-conversion circuitry is configured to convert the plurality of outbound symbol streams into a plurality of up-converted signals; and the RF front-end configured to amplify the plurality of up-converted signals to produce a plurality of outbound RF signals and to transmit the plurality of outbound RF signals as a MIMO RF signal.

13. The wireless device of claim 12 , wherein the up-conversion circuitry and the RF front-end are formed on a common die of an integrated circuit.

14. The wireless device of claim 12 , further comprising a case in which the baseband processing circuitry, up-conversion circuitry, and RF front-end are housed.

15. The wireless device of claim 12 , further comprising host processing circuitry.

16. A method for operating a wireless device comprising: in an RF beamforming transmit mode: baseband processing circuitry converting outbound data into an outbound symbol stream; up-conversion circuitry converting the outbound symbol stream into an up-converted signal; and an RF front-end adjusting the up-converted signal to produce multiple adjusted up-converted signals, amplifying the multiple adjusted up-converted signals to produce multiple outbound RF signals, and transmitting the multiple outbound RF signals as a beamformed RF signal; and in a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) transmit mode: the baseband processing circuitry converting outbound data into a plurality of outbound symbol streams; the up-conversion circuitry converting the plurality of outbound symbol streams into a plurality of up-converted signals; and the RF front-end amplifying the plurality of up-converted signals to produce a plurality of outbound RF signals and transmitting the plurality of outbound RF signals as a MIMO RF signal.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising, in the RF beamforming transmit mode, the baseband processing circuitry adjusting the up-converted signal to produce the multiple adjusted up-converted signals.

18. The method of claim 16 , further comprising, in the MIMO transmit mode the RF front end adjusting the plurality of up-converted signals to produce the plurality of outbound RF signals.

19. The method of claim 16 , wherein in the RF beamforming transmit mode, adjusting the up-converted signal to produce multiple adjusted up-converted signals comprises: adjusting a phase angle of the up-converted signal based on a first phase angle adjust value to produce a first adjusted up-converted signal; amplifying the first adjusted up-converted signal to produce a first outbound RF signal; adjusting the phase angle of the up-converted signal based on a second phase angle adjust value to produce a second adjusted up-converted signal; and amplifying the second adjusted up-converted signal to produce a second outbound RF signal.

20. The method of claim 16 , further comprising, in the MIMO transmit mode: adjusting a phase angle of a first one of the plurality of up-converted signals based on a first phase angle adjust value to produce a first outbound RF signal; and adjusting a phase angle of a second one of the plurality of up-converted signals based on a second phase angle adjust value to produce a second outbound RF signal.